Ghaziabad Development Authority's exaction in old currency a flop show

GHAZIABAD: Ghaziabad Development Authority’s exaction move to accept pending maintenance charges in defunct currency does not have many takers. As per officials between 21 November to 24 November only eighteen-lakhs rupees have come in GDA kitty in the form of maintenance charge. Despite poor response GDA has extended the scheme till 15 December.

In Indirapuram there is pendency of about Rs 30 crores on group housing societies, builders flat and individual flats in the form of maintenance charge which comprises of water and sewer charge and GDA through this scheme had hoped to recover at least sixty per cent of its dues from 1.5 lakh defaulter consumers out of total 2.5 lakhs total consumers but given the response it seems unlikely. “Till 24 November we have managed to collect about Rs 18 lakh of maintenance charge which much below our expectation but we do hope that it will pick up in days to come” says Yadav.

On poor response from residents, patron of Fed AOA Alok Kumar says “GDA had erroneously assumed that residents has huge currency stashed but the fact is that majority of residents I the townships are salaried class who could not have indulged in hoarding Rs 500 and Rs 1000 old demonization notes.” “Another reason why this scheme did not take off is because residents are not satisfied with GDA’s work and are also annoyed with GDA which almost unilaterally hikes maintenance charge by about ten per cent every year and that explains huge pendency” adds Kumar.